BALL v. DELTA MARINE DRILLING COMPANY

No. 72-2655.

476 F.2d 287 (1973)

Travis Lloyd BALL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DELTA MARINE DRILLING COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Ernst, New Orleans, La., for Delta Marine and Fidelity & Cas. Co.

Patrick E. Jones, Metairie, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

We have carefully considered the grounds for appeal and with a single exception find them to be without merit. We conclude that the verdict and judgment as to liability for Ball's injury must be sustained.

The one error which we find occurred relates to the refusal of the trial court to instruct the jury that any award made for future loss of earnings should be discounted to present values where the defendant specifically requested such a change...

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